Gearshift unit for motor vehicles

A gearshift unit for electronic transmission control in motor vehicles, said gearshift unit comprising:

• a gearshift lever housing and a gearshift lever moveable in relation to the gearshift lever housing, the gearshift lever being rotatable about a main pivot axis of the gearshift lever within an active position range for active gearshift positions and a neutral position;
• the gearshift unit comprising a locking unit configured to assume a first, locked position when the gearshift lever is prevented from passing the neutral position and a second opened position when the gearshift lever is allowed to pass the neutral position, and the active gearshift positions have no locking units so that the neutral position is freely accessible from the active gearshift positions solely by rotating the gearshift lever about a main pivot axis without deactivating locking elements.